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All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, p.207
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All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, p.207

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